Terms of Use
These Terms of Use describe the conditions that apply when you access or use Addictions Recovery Network, including its educational content, treatment-resource information, phone links, referral-related features, and other website services.
Please review these terms before using Addictions Recovery Network.
These terms describe the conditions governing use of ARN’s informational website. Please review the Privacy Policy and Important Notice for additional details about data practices and ARN’s independent referral role.
Use the Site Lawfully
The website may be used for lawful informational purposes consistent with these terms.
Understand ARN’s Role
ARN is an informational and referral resource and is not a healthcare or treatment provider.
Verify Important Information
Treatment, insurance, licensing, availability, and provider details should be confirmed with the relevant independent source.
1. Nature of the Website
Addictions Recovery Network is an informational and referral resource focused on addiction treatment, recovery, detoxification, residential and outpatient care, treatment costs, insurance, family concerns, and related subjects.
ARN may publish educational information and may help facilitate connections with independent third-party treatment, referral, call-center, marketing, or related resources.
ARN is not a treatment facility, healthcare provider, hospital, detoxification provider, residential program, outpatient treatment program, pharmacy, insurer, transportation provider, or emergency service.
2. Permitted Use
You may use ARN for lawful personal, informational, educational, and treatment-research purposes.
You agree not to use the website to:
- Violate applicable laws or regulations
- Attempt unauthorized access to website systems or accounts
- Introduce malware, malicious code, automated attacks, or harmful software
- Interfere with website performance or availability
- Scrape, harvest, or extract website content or data in a manner that violates applicable law or website rights
- Misrepresent your identity or relationship with ARN
- Impersonate ARN, a treatment provider, another user, or another organization
- Use ARN content to falsely suggest endorsement, partnership, certification, or clinical approval
- Use the website for fraudulent, deceptive, abusive, or unlawful purposes
ARN may restrict access to the website or particular features when reasonably necessary to protect the website, users, third parties, or legal rights.
3. Medical, Clinical & Emergency Disclaimer
ARN content is general educational information and is not medical advice, psychiatric advice, diagnosis, treatment, clinical assessment, detoxification, medication management, psychotherapy, counseling, or a substitute for evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional.
The website does not determine whether a particular person needs detox, inpatient treatment, residential treatment, outpatient care, medication, or another level of care.
Abrupt reduction or discontinuation of alcohol, benzodiazepines, certain sedatives, and some other substances can involve serious medical risk. ARN content should not be used to create a self-directed withdrawal, tapering, or medication plan.
If someone may be experiencing an overdose, severe withdrawal, seizures, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, suicidal crisis, violence, or another immediate threat to life or safety, seek emergency assistance. In the United States, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
4. Independent Third Parties
Treatment centers, detox programs, hospitals, behavioral-health providers, referral services, call centers, advertisers, insurers, transportation providers, and other third parties referenced, linked, displayed, discussed, or connected through ARN are independent from ARN unless expressly stated otherwise.
ARN does not control their operations, admissions, clinical decisions, medical services, treatment methods, medication policies, staffing, pricing, insurance participation, transportation, program length, availability, or outcomes.
Third-party terms and policies
When you interact with an independent third party, that party’s own terms, privacy policies, disclosures, consent requirements, and business practices may apply.
No guarantee of provider availability
The appearance of a provider, service, phone connection, advertisement, referral relationship, or other third-party resource on ARN does not guarantee that the provider is available, appropriate, licensed for your needs, affordable, covered by insurance, or willing to admit a particular person.
5. Advertising, Referral & Compensation Relationships
ARN may have advertising, marketing, referral, call-generation, or compensation relationships with certain independent third parties.
ARN may receive compensation from independent marketing or referral partners in connection with certain qualifying treatment admissions or other agreed marketing activity. The availability of a compensated referral does not establish that the treatment provider is the best choice for a visitor.
Compensation can support ARN’s website, educational materials, technology, and operations. Callers should understand that ARN is an independent commercial referral resource, not a government helpline or clinical service.
Commercial relationships do not establish clinical suitability
Compensation does not establish medical necessity, clinical appropriateness, provider quality, or suitability for any individual. Visitors are free to research or contact providers directly, including through public directories such as FindTreatment.gov.
6. Insurance, Pricing & Financial Information
Information concerning insurance, treatment costs, network status, financing, payment arrangements, or other financial matters is provided for general informational purposes.
ARN does not guarantee:
- Insurance eligibility
- Insurance coverage
- Network status
- Authorization or medical-necessity approval
- Reimbursement
- A deductible, copay, or coinsurance amount
- A specific treatment price
- Financial assistance
- A payment plan
- Any particular out-of-pocket cost
Financial and insurance information should be verified directly with the relevant provider, insurer, or other responsible organization.
7. Website Content & Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, ARN website design, written content, graphics, logos, branding, layout, code, and other original website materials may be protected by copyright, trademark, or other applicable rights.
You may view and use the website for ordinary personal informational purposes. You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, create misleading derivative copies, or commercially exploit substantial portions of ARN content without authorization where authorization is legally required.
References to third-party names, trademarks, logos, or services remain the property of their respective owners.
8. User Communications
If you voluntarily communicate with ARN through available website or telephone channels, you are responsible for the information you choose to provide.
Do not transmit unlawful material, impersonate another person, knowingly provide fraudulent information, or use ARN communication channels to harass, threaten, or abuse others.
Information submitted through calls or website communications may be processed as described in ARN’s Privacy Policy .
9. No Warranties or Guarantees
ARN is provided on an informational basis. To the extent permitted by applicable law, ARN does not guarantee that the website, content, phone systems, links, third-party information, or other features will always be complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or suitable for a particular purpose.
ARN does not guarantee:
- Treatment placement
- Admission to any provider
- Current provider availability
- Response time
- Transportation
- Insurance acceptance
- Insurance coverage
- Cost or reimbursement
- Treatment quality
- Treatment completion
- Clinical improvement
- Sobriety or abstinence
- Recovery or any other personal outcome
10. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, ARN is not responsible for losses, damages, injuries, costs, or claims arising from reliance on general website information, actions or omissions of independent third parties, provider decisions, insurance decisions, treatment outcomes, service interruptions, or use of external websites.
Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Because laws vary by jurisdiction, particular limitations in these Terms may not apply in every location.
11. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, misuse of the website, infringement of third-party rights, fraudulent activity, or other unlawful conduct may give rise to legal responsibility. The enforceability and scope of any such obligation depend on applicable law.
This provision is intended to apply only to the extent enforceable under applicable law.
12. External Links
ARN may contain links to external websites, including treatment providers, insurers, government resources, support organizations, advertisers, referral resources, and other third parties.
ARN does not control external websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices, terms, security, accuracy, or services.
A link or reference does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the third party.
13. Website Availability
ARN may modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict, or update any part of the website at any time, including content, features, navigation, telephone numbers, third-party relationships, or treatment-resource information.
ARN does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the website or any specific feature.
14. Changes to These Terms
ARN may revise these Terms of Use as the website, technologies, business practices, services, third-party relationships, or legal requirements change.
Updated Terms may be posted on this page. Continued use of the website after revised Terms are posted may be subject to the updated Terms.
Visitors should review this page periodically if these terms are important to their use of ARN.
15. Severability
If a particular provision of these Terms is found unenforceable or invalid under applicable law, the remaining provisions are intended to continue in effect to the extent legally permitted.
16. No Waiver
A failure to enforce a provision of these Terms in one circumstance does not necessarily waive the right to enforce that provision or another provision later.
17. Questions About These Terms
Questions concerning these Terms of Use may be submitted through Addictions Recovery Network’s contact page.
Contact Addictions Recovery Network
For treatment questions, use ARN’s published contact options. For questions about these terms, use the contact page; do not submit sensitive medical details in a general website inquiry.
Review ARN’s other important website information.
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